Professional Microsoft IIS 8

ASP Configuration

Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting engine used to create dynamic, interactive web pages. It debuted with IIS 3.0 in December 1996. ASP is also referred to as Classic ASP.

When a server receives a GET request for an ASP page, it runs the server-side code and generates an HTML page, which is then sent to the client's browser. Although rendered ASP pages sent to the browser are standard HTML (and JavaScript, CSS, etc.), the server-side ASP page can contain VBScript/JScript code and COM components for connecting to databases or processing business logic.

To edit the ASP settings with IIS Manager, follow these steps:

1. Start IIS Manager. (Press WIN+R, enter inetmgr in the dialog, and then click OK. Alternatively, click Tools on the top-right of Server Manager and select Internet Information Server (IIS) Manager.)

2. Double-click the ASP icon in the IIS section, and the ASP properties page will appear (see Figure 7.1).

Figure 7.1

3. After making the changes, click Apply in the Actions pane.

Some important properties include:

• Maximum Request Entity Body Limit—Limits the incoming size of requests from the client. This can have implications for websites where the client is able to upload files (e.g., documents), which are typically sent as part of a request using the HTTP POST method.
• Restart on Config Change—If set to True, ASP applications are ...